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Dendrophyllia boschmai
Source Data |
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Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia : Dendrophyllia boschmai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia : Dendrophyllia boschmai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Dendrophyllia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Dendrophyllia boschmai Horst, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | van der Horst, C.J. (1926). Madreporaria: Eupsammidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 8. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology. 19(1): 43-53, pls. 2-3. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 21.7 - 19.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Dendrophyllia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Dendrophyllia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dendrophyllia boschmai boschmai subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrophyllia boschmai cyathelioides subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrophyllia boschmai cyatheloides subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrophyllia boschmai van-der subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Dendrophyllia japonica Horst, 1922 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia : Dendrophyllia japonica |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1926 | Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!